date:Jan 29, 2013
We can expect more corn and soybeans acres planted in 2013, said a University of Missouri agriculture business specialist.
Corn acres this year will likely be about 99 million acres, which is 2 million more than last year, David Reinbott said. With a more normal weather pattern, most trend-line yield calculations put yield at 162 bushels an acre.
Planted acres of soybeans are also expected to increase about 2 million acres to 79 million in 2013. Reinbott says figuring 42 bushels an acre that w